Lucky winners from the audience will be attending 3rd ‘Aaryans Sanman Award’ ceremony to be held in Singapore!
The ‘Aaryans Sanman Award Ceremony’, which salutes the achievements in the entertainment world was recently held in Pune. The winners were presented with the ‘Aaryans Sanman 2024′ awards at a grand and divinely dazzling ceremony. The ceremony was attended by luminaries from the Marathi entertainment world, including #MakarandAnaspure, #SunilBarve, #NirmitiSawant, #SayajiShinde, #SandeepPathak, #AnandIngle, #SavaniRavindra, #ShaileshDatar, #AshokSamarth, #PoojaPawar, #UmaSardeshmukh, #MilindPhatak, #JagganathNivangune, #MilindShintare, #AnshumanVichare, #SuvedhaDesai, #HemantPatil, #PrasadVanarase , #NipunDharmadhikari, #DevendraPem , #RahulRanade, Producer #AmrutaRao, #SureshDeshmane, #DeepakDevraj (Commissioner of the Maharashtra Economic Offences Department) etc. The awards were in the form of Rs 1 lakh for the main film, commercial drama and experimental drama, while the others, including technicians, received Rs 25,000 in cash and a citation. The total amount of awards was Rs 13 lakh distributed by the Oma Foundation.
At this ceremony, Aaryans Group of Companies CEO Hon. Manohar Jagtap made three announcements related to the entertainment world. From February 6, the entertainment app “Idiot Box’ will be launched. Free treatment will be provided to artists and technicians in the film industry in the hospitals of Aaryans Group in Kolhapur and Pune. Apart from this, this year the Aaryan Sanman Award will be organized for the writers. This year, five lucky viewers selected through lucky draw from the audience who participated in the awards ceremony will be taken to the third Aaryans Sanman Award to be held in Singapore on August 30, 2025.
In the film category, the film ‘Ek Doon Teen Char’ won the Best Film award. #GauriDeshpande won the Best Actress award for the film ‘Shyamchi Aai’, while #NipunDharmadhikari won the Best Actor award for ‘Ek Doon Teen Char’. Apart from this, Sandeep Pathak (Shyamchi Aai) , actress #NamrataSambherao (Nach Ga Ghuma), best supporting actress #NeetaShende (Baplyok), best supporting actor #PriyadarshanJadhav (Shaktimaan), best child artist #SharvaGadgil (Shyamchi Aai), best director #VarunNarvekar (Ek Doon Tin Char), best dialogue #VivekBele (Alibaba Aani Chalisthale Chor), best screenplay Varun Narvekar-Nipun Dharmadhikari, best story Vivek Bele (Alibaba Aani Chaliastale Chor), best singer #RuchaBondre (Shyamchi Aai), best singer #DivyaKumar (Nawardev B.Sc. Agri.), best lyricist #GuruThakur (Baplyok), best music #AdityaBedekar (Shaktimaan), best background music Aditya Bedekar (Shaktimaan), best cinematography #GauravPonkshe (Shaktimaan), Best Editing #SachinNatekar (Sala Te Sa La Na Te), Best Sound Editing #PiyushShah (Alibaba Aur Chalishitele Chor), Best Costume #NamdevWaghmare (Shyamchi Aai), Best Art Direction #YogeshIngle (Alyad Palyad), Best Costume Design #SaurabhKapde (Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke) won the awards. The Best Film – Critics award was given to two films, ‘Terav’ and ‘Sa La Te Sa La Na Te’.
In the professional drama section, the play ‘Aajji Bai Jorat’ won the best drama award. Anand Ingle won the best actor award for his role in the play ‘Nakalat Saare Ghadle’, while Nirmiti Sawant won the best actress award for ‘Aajji Bai Jorat’. After accepting the award, Nirmiti Sawant said that she is sharing this award with the versatile actor Abhinay Berde in her play. Along with this, she appreciated the announcements made by #ManoharJagtap. Along with this, the best writer #KshitijPatwardhan (Aajji Bai Jorat), best director Kshitij Patwardhan (Aajji Bai Jorat), best comedian #MayureshPem (All the Best), actors #DilipPrabhavalkar and #VijayKenkare (Patra Patri), best background score Sandesh Bendre (Chanakya), best music Saurabh Bhalerao and Kshitij Patwardhan (Aajji Bai Jorat), best lighting design #PradeepMulye (Aajji Bai Jorat), best costume design #NeerjaPatwardhan (Chanakya), best color design #KamleshBeeche (Chanakya) were honoured with awards. In the experimental drama section, the play ‘Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta’ won the best play award. #LalitPrabhakar won the Best Actor award for his role in the play ‘Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta’, while #MallikaSinghHanspal won the Best Actress award for her role in ‘Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta’, #PratikshaKhasnis and #NikitaThube won the Best Actress award for their roles in ‘Tuji Aukaat Kay?’. Along with this, Best Experimental Writer Datta Patil (Kalgitura), Best Experimental Director Mohit Takalkar (Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta Ghanta) were honoured with the award.
National Award-winning and internationally renowned film critic, scholar, researcher, writer-director Ashok Rane and Maharashtra Cultural Centre, Pune, renowned as an award-winning institution for experimental theatre movement, were honoured with the Aaryans Sanman Special Award. Both the awards were presented by Aaryans Group of Companies Chairman Hon. Mukundji Jagtap, Aaryans Group of Companies MD Smita Shitole-Jagtap, Oma Foundation Chairman Hon. Ajay Jagtap and actor Rahul Solapurkar.
The song and dance performances at the awards ceremony paid tribute to the golden era from #BhaljiPendharkar to #SachinPilgaonkar. In this, artists like #VaidehiParashurami, #MrunmayiDeshpande, #MeeraJoshi, #PushkarJog, #AnkitMohan, #PrathameshParab, #GirijaPrabhu, #SamruddhiKelkar, #ShwetaKharat, #JuiBendkhale, #AsmitaChinchalkar etc performed dances on old popular songs and won the appreciation of the audience. Actor Abhijit Khandkekar and Dr. Shweta Pendse hosted the ceremony. Srinivas Bhange, Hemant Deodhar, Rahul Ranade, Soumitra Pote, Abhijit Abde were in the Jury as film critics, while Ajit Bhure, Ravindra Pathre, Raju Joshi, Mahendra Suke, Pradeep Vaidya worked as drama critics. Raj Kaji was the jury coordinator of the event.
By Keerti Kadam